add-collaborator.md

Adding a Collaborator to your GitHub repository

Follow these steps to add a collaborator to your repository.

Go to the "Settings" for your repository

Select "Manage Access"

Invite a Collaborator

Enter the GitHub User name

Type in the user name of the person you want to invite as a collaborator. As you type the name, a list will be auto-populated. Once you type in enough of the name, you can click the user name in the list.

Add the Collaborator

Once you find the name of the person your want to add as the Collaborator, click "Add (username) to this repository"

Verify collaborator is pending

Collaborator Accepts the Invitation

The collaborator will receive an email and can accept the invitation with a link in the email.

OR, from the collaborator account, navigate to the repository page, with invitations added to the URL. It will look like this:

https://github.com/OWNERNAME/REPONAME/invitations

From here, accept the invitation to collaborate

Verify the Collaborator is Added

Go back to the "Manage Access" page and you should be able to see that the collaborator has been added.